Love Addiction
How Knowing Your Attachment Style Can Help You Love Well
What You Need To Know In Order To Love Well Most of the clients I treat come to me because they’re having trouble in their relationships. They’re not happy in their current one, not happy because they can’t find a good one, or not happy because they have a crappy divorce that they can’t make…
Read MoreWhy You Should Have a Spiritual Practice (Even If You Don’t Believe in God, Mantras, or Crystals)
Years ago I asked a ruthless family law attorney for her top piece of legal advice. Her answer surprised me because it had nothing to do with “winning.” She told me she urged her clients to maintain their spiritual practice. Although I didn’t ask her to explain, I have a pretty good guess why she…
Read MoreThe #1 Tool That Can Help You Become Emotionally Sober After A High-Conflict Divorce
If you have a high-conflict ex, you may be unaware that you’re responding in ways that incite more drama. And when you have no choice but to maintain a co-parenting relationship with someone who makes even the most routine negotiations difficult, you may justify your own extreme moods and behaviors by blaming your former spouse.…
Read MoreHow To Tell A Rebound Romance From A Healthy Relationship
Convinced you’ve found a lasting relationship because your new dating partner is everything your ex is not? Or so it seems? Take off your rose-colored glasses before planning a future together, and certainly before introducing your romantic partner to your children. When we’re in a state of infatuation, we tend to project what we want…
Read MoreRecovering From Your Partner’s Infidelity? Here Are 6 Things You Should Know
You’ve just discovered your partner’s infidelity or sexual addiction and life as you knew it — or thought you knew it — is gone. You wonder if you ever really knew the person. You wonder if you’ll ever trust her again. You wonder why he cheated and what his acting-out partner (or partners, online or…
Read MoreThe Amazing Thing That Happens When You Believe That You Matter
Have you ever woken up a year (or two, or ten) into a relationship to find yourself boiling with resentment? You’re sick of feeling unappreciated and taken for granted. You do so many things to accommodate your partner, but there never seems to be much reciprocity. You keep waiting for the day when your partner…
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